Manufacture of boots and shoes



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Manufacture of Boots. and Shoes. No. 243,452. -Patentedlu ne 28, 188i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION LEVENTRITT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES."

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 243,452, dated June 28,1881.

Application filed January .26, 1881.

relieved of undue strain, with the efi'ect of imparting increasedstrength and durability to the parts, which are constructed and arrangedas hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly brokenaway, showing the interior of the boot-leg. Fig. 3 is a side elevation,partly broken away, showing the pad in position. Fig.4 is an edge viewof the meeting edges and the welt. Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views.

Similar letters refer to. similar parts th rou ghlegs I cut at intervalsalong the edges of the meeting parts, commencing at a point above wherethe ankle joint comes, rectangular spaces A and projections orre-enforce pieces B, and in such a manner that when the parts are unitedthe laps or flaps of one side of the leg will be in position upon theunder face and be received by and fit within the spaces'of the oppositeside or edge of the meeting parts in an alternate manner, as shown, andso that none of the laps are exposed to view upon the outer side of thelegs, and the horizontal lines of juncture will be formed with closejoints. In practice the parts are first skived and then interlocked,with the inner faces of the stool; or leather outward or reversed andthe re-enforce or laps extended and in the position as shown at a b cinFigs. 4 and 6. The usual welt, d, is then placed between the parts in a(No model.)

line parallel with the rectangular spaces, and in this position of theparts a line of stiching is made from the top to the bottom of theleg.The parts are then spread out or laid flatwise, with the outer facedownward and the re-en- 'force or laps turned over the inner face of thewelt or meeting edges of the leg in an alternate or reverse manner, withone lap or re-enforce at the right of the seam and the succeedingre-ent'orce or lap at the left hand of the seam, as shown, and in thisposition a line of stitching, e e, is made along each side of the seamor welt, passing through the laps or reenforce pieces and the leg properof the boot, and through the last or lowerla-p, a, and counter on oneside of the seam only. Both lines of stitching, however, extend to thebase of the upper, and the line represented at f serves to hold a liningof the vamp at the opposite side of the eam. By this means the rough andhard edges of the welt are smoothly covered by the soft parts of theflaps or laps, and the- Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In the manufacture of boots and shoes, a seam formed by the rectangularspaces A and flaps B, arranged alternately on opposite sides,

the interposed welt d, and the stay or pad 9,

all united by stitches, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand andseal this 17th day of January, 1881.

MARION LEVENTRIIT. [L.

\Vitnesses:

O. W. M. SMITH, Enwn. CHATTIN.

